Liz is one of the handful of physiotherapists in Australia who is also a yoga therapist. She is passionate about sharing the tools of yoga with modern science, to benefit people recovering from injuries and living with chronic pain and illness.

Having discovered yoga in her teens, Liz practiced with renowned physiotherapists and yoga teachers Simon Borg Oliver and Bianca Machliss before she finished her physiotherapy training. Liz completed a yoga teaching apprenticeship with Yoga Synergy in 2006, undertaking further teacher training at The Yoga Institute where she delivered Leslie Kaminoff’s Yoga Anatomy course for several years. Liz completed her Yoga Therapy studies with Svastha Yoga in 2017 and recently qualified as a Pain Care Aware Yoga Teacher with Neil Pearson.

A yoga teacher trainer since 2007, Liz has delivered yoga anatomy modules to many hundreds of yoga teachers. Liz presented on “Yoga and back pain” at the Australian Yoga Therapy Conference in 2014.  As chairperson of the Yoga Therapy Committee, Liz has been involved in the planning of Yoga Australia’s  Menopause and Mental Health forums and the Yoga Therapy Learning Circles.

Liz offers group classes at Balanced Practice Yoga in Warriewood. Her classes are guided by her ability to apply an anatomical focus to the practice of yoga without detracting from the spiritual and transformation aspects of yoga teaching.  Liz offers yoga-informed, holistic physiotherapy  at Therapyworks clinic in Newport. Liz integrates assessment and  hands-on therapy with movement education and lifestyle changes, applying the principles of individualised yoga, physiotherapy and Pilates.

With Balanced Practice Yoga Teacher Training co-director, Amelia Disspain, Liz offers online and in-person Yoga Australia registered Yoga Teacher Trainings and yoga retreats in Byron Bay, Langkawi and Portugal.